AFTER his 50th season as a groundskeeper for the New York Mets, Leitrim man Pete Flynn hung up his rake yesterday, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before his club’s last game of the baseball season.

Billy Joel bid a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium during a sold-out concert that marked the final show at the same US ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock ’n’ roll four decades ago.

Billy Joel will become the last artist to perform at New York's Shea Stadium after announcing a summer show at the home of baseball team the New York Mets.

WHILE visiting Cape Cod in summer, a sign on a cottage read “Shea’s Didean”. I am unable to find the definition of “didean”. The internet gives a few places that include the word didean, but no definition.